The National Futures Association (NFA) announced its intention to implement 21 changes and recommendations to how it manages futures industry firms. The news comes after the Berkeley Research Group (BRG), as part of its independent analysis of NFA’s audits of the Peregrine Financial Group, uncovered...

Former Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of making false statements to regulators on Friday, one month after confessing to a decades-long fraud scheme.
Mr. Wasendorf claimed to have embezzled over $100 million, but the ensuing investigations revealed that at...

The NFA has finalized several proposed amendments to rules governing forex dealer members (“FDM”). These amendments were first proposed September in rule submission letters to the CFTC. One set of changes will come into effect next month, while the second will not be in place until January.
The...

The NFA issued a notice today reminding member Commodity Pool Operators, or CPOs, that they are still responsible for paying NFA assessment fees. In the course of routine examinations, NFA staff found that exchange-member CPOs were failing to properly remit these fees. Though initially only for non-exchange...

NFA has received notice from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) that NFA may make effective certain proposed amendments regarding the use of internet and on-line social networking groups when communicating with the public. The Interpretive Notice entitled “Use of On-Line...

On-line Social Networking Groups – Proposed Amendments to NFA’s Compliance Rule 2-29(h) and Adoption of Interpretive Notice
On-line social networking groups have changed the way people make trading decisions. A number of NFA Members sponsor blogs, chat rooms, and forums (also called message or...

NFA Bylaw 1301(e) requires Forex Dealer Members to pay annual dues that are
graduated according to the firm’s gross annual revenue from customers (e.g.,
commissions, mark-ups, mark-downs) for its forex activities. Profits and losses
from proprietary trades are not to be included. To calculate dues:
•...